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Like nature sprites, the dancers gamboled over “nature carpets,” rugs crafted of foam by the Turinese artist Piero Gilardi.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Three dogs gamboled about as Kristof, whose curly hair is graying, spoke during the interview in a shed.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022

They squawked and gamboled for the Chicken Shack dance cam.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2021

She gamboled along to the music on Cannon Green behind the iconic Nassau Hall and screeched with glee.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2021

Around him gamboled the mob, screaming blessings and adulations, strewing his bearers' way with masses of wilted flowers, filched from the halls.

From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson